Have you been vaccinated?

[Tbone]

I’m vaccinated. Had my second shot of Moderna a while back. I had fever, fatigue and headaches for around 36 hours after the second shot.

Now I am travelling the world and I can tell you we will never see a time like it again. Imagine no American tour buses in Rome, no 1.5hr lines to enter the Sistine chapel. No “Fanny packs” anywhere in Venice. It’s amazing.

I’ve been to Italy 3 times recently including Rome, Venice, Cinque Terre and Como. Paris planned, also the US, Sweden, Cologne, Salzburg and Mallorca all within the next 6 weeks.

Negative tests prior to boarding only required in select destinations and no quarantine either side for the vaccinated.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

A bit of good news. My cardiologist got back to me this morning. Advised against AZ as different mechanism causes clotting so my Warfarin won't give me any protection against it, and my mechanical valve on top of that will complicate things.

He said there is a link between Pfizer and pericarditis but believes it's in men younger than I so I should be right so he said go for the Pfizer vaccine as soon as practicable.

Scouring around for bookings now. Looks like it could be a wait.

 

[mike]

A bit of good news. My cardiologist got back to me this morning. Advised against AZ as different mechanism causes clotting so my Warfarin won't give me any protection against it, and my mechanical valve on top of that will complicate things.

He said there is a link between Pfizer and pericarditis but believes it's in men younger than I so I should be right so he said go for the Pfizer vaccine as soon as practicable.

Scouring around for bookings now. Looks like it could be a wait.

Great news. I’m waiting in the medical centre got my 2nd AZ jab.

 

[dazza65]

A bit of good news. My cardiologist got back to me this morning. Advised against AZ as different mechanism causes clotting so my Warfarin won't give me any protection against it, and my mechanical valve on top of that will complicate things.

He said there is a link between Pfizer and pericarditis but believes it's in men younger than I so I should be right so he said go for the Pfizer vaccine as soon as practicable.

Scouring around for bookings now. Looks like it could be a wait.

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[avocadoontoast]

A bit of good news. My cardiologist got back to me this morning. Advised against AZ as different mechanism causes clotting so my Warfarin won't give me any protection against it, and my mechanical valve on top of that will complicate things.

He said there is a link between Pfizer and pericarditis but believes it's in men younger than I so I should be right so he said go for the Pfizer vaccine as soon as practicable.

Scouring around for bookings now. Looks like it could be a wait.

Not sure where you are based CB but have you tried RPA? I'm not sure if things have changed now but I got my first shot a month ago and booked in the day before. Westmead/Royal North Shore didn't have an available booking until August. I got my 2nd dose a week or so ago and there wasn't a huge amount of people there.

 

[tig_prmz]

Thanks mate, that helps a lot.
What do you think about the FDA rejecting AZ and the entire manipulation of efficacy fiasco? Do you think AZ will be accepted eventually?

Honestly - I haven't read anything about it. Do you have a link?

I only ever saw something about a delay to approval, not an outright rejection.

Thing for the US is - they possibly don't need the AZ vaccine and may be in no rush to expedite it's approval. Most of the approved or near-approval vaccine companies are American - Pfizer, Moderna, Novavax etc.

They already have HQ and manufacturing for Pfizer, Moderna, Novavax. I think Pfizer does the bulk of its vaccine manufacturing in the EU, but Moderna are almost entirely US-based.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/revised-astrazeneca-data-show-its-covid-19-vaccine-76-percent-effective-180977356/

“We just felt we could not remain silent. Because if we did remain silent, we could be understandably accused of covering something up. And we definitely didn’t want to be in that position,” says Anthony Fauci, director of the NIAID, to STAT News. “In my mind, it’s an unforced error by the company.”

 

[WeststigsRdaBest]

It's a very easy scenario peeps - free medicine. You are lucky enough to live in an era and country where they will give you free medicine, no tricks, no catch.

Without the free medicine, there is a reasonable chance you get very sick and/or risk death.

Makes your life and everyone else's lives easier, scientifically and economically proven.

If you are risk adverse, take solace in the FACT that the vaccine risks are extremely low and after literally hundreds of millions of doses now been given, the safety data pool is very very big. I can understand if you don't like risk, but if you are so risk intolerant: don't drive, ride in a commercial aircraft, swim in the ocean, golf in bad weather, operate heavy machinery, rock climb, ride a horse, run a marathon, handle a weapon, own a motorbike etc.

Also take heart that since vaccines were first invented, we've basically eradicated the threat in Australia from polio, smallpox, tetanus, measles, diptheria, rabies, TB, mumps, whooping cough, rubella, typhoid, cholera. Hoping to add COVID to that list.

No reason not to get vaccinated except for special health concerns. Nerves are also understandable, but if you gave into nerves you'd never kiss a girl/boy, get a job or ride a bike.

So go get your free medicine and let's everyone get our freedoms back.

Driving a car etc the risks are containable and well known..the vaccine has barley started to run out And you say we have a large sample size to judge it..whilst true you are only judging the vaccine from its early stage in the body...smoking comes to mind...everyone did it, wasn’t bad, relieved stress...then oh no, years down the line we find out it’s killing people. I for one am not against a vaccine but to be so blind and say it’s safe it’s ludicrous imo.

 

[hobbo1]

A bit of good news. My cardiologist got back to me this morning. Advised against AZ as different mechanism causes clotting so my Warfarin won't give me any protection against it, and my mechanical valve on top of that will complicate things.

He said there is a link between Pfizer and pericarditis but believes it's in men younger than I so I should be right so he said go for the Pfizer vaccine as soon as practicable.

Scouring around for bookings now. Looks like it could be a wait.

Got in at Blackheath medical centre on August 4 for Pfizer..
Said she’d call back with 💯 confirmation in the next few days

 

[Tiger5150]

Thanks mate, that helps a lot.
What do you think about the FDA rejecting AZ and the entire manipulation of efficacy fiasco? Do you think AZ will be accepted eventually?

Honestly - I haven't read anything about it. Do you have a link?

I only ever saw something about a delay to approval, not an outright rejection.

Thing for the US is - they possibly don't need the AZ vaccine and may be in no rush to expedite it's approval. Most of the approved or near-approval vaccine companies are American - Pfizer, Moderna, Novavax etc.

They already have HQ and manufacturing for Pfizer, Moderna, Novavax. I think Pfizer does the bulk of its vaccine manufacturing in the EU, but Moderna are almost entirely US-based.

I'll link you tomorrow but I was wondering more about USA not considering AZ as legit vaccines. It has big ramifications for travelling there for UK people who are mainly AZ vaccinated.

I think it is just $$$. US Govt tipped in big $$$ for Pfizer so they are going to endorse that one

 

[mike]

All done, 2nd AZ jab completed.

 

[Vince Farrar]

Yes, both Astro shots.

Did you have any side effects mate?. I had my first one last Thursday week and was not good on the Friday but woke up Saturday brand new.

 

[Furious1]

A bit of good news. My cardiologist got back to me this morning. Advised against AZ as different mechanism causes clotting so my Warfarin won't give me any protection against it, and my mechanical valve on top of that will complicate things.

He said there is a link between Pfizer and pericarditis but believes it's in men younger than I so I should be right so he said go for the Pfizer vaccine as soon as practicable.

Scouring around for bookings now. **Looks like it could be a wait.**

Maybe try up the mountains. I think you're from there and hobbo seems to have got in earlier then he previously could down here. The earliest i could get last week was Sept at Nepean.

 

[4jtigers]

my old man got his AZ last Friday - second jab in October

mine is Pfizer this coming Thursday at Blacktown - second jab is in August - two weeks away from the first jab.

 

[innsaneink]

A bit of good news. My cardiologist got back to me this morning. Advised against AZ as different mechanism causes clotting so my Warfarin won't give me any protection against it, and my mechanical valve on top of that will complicate things.

He said there is a link between Pfizer and pericarditis but believes it's in men younger than I so I should be right so he said go for the Pfizer vaccine as soon as practicable.

Scouring around for bookings now. Looks like it could be a wait.

Great news. I’m waiting in the medical centre got my 2nd AZ jab.

A bit of good news. My cardiologist got back to me this morning. Advised against AZ as different mechanism causes clotting so my Warfarin won't give me any protection against it, and my mechanical valve on top of that will complicate things.

He said there is a link between Pfizer and pericarditis but believes it's in men younger than I so I should be right so he said go for the Pfizer vaccine as soon as practicable.

Scouring around for bookings now. Looks like it could be a wait.

Great news. I’m waiting in the medical centre got my 2nd AZ jab.

I'm here waiting right now too

Good luck Mike & CB

 

[mike]

A bit of good news. My cardiologist got back to me this morning. Advised against AZ as different mechanism causes clotting so my Warfarin won't give me any protection against it, and my mechanical valve on top of that will complicate things.

He said there is a link between Pfizer and pericarditis but believes it's in men younger than I so I should be right so he said go for the Pfizer vaccine as soon as practicable.

Scouring around for bookings now. Looks like it could be a wait.

Great news. I’m waiting in the medical centre got my 2nd AZ jab.

A bit of good news. My cardiologist got back to me this morning. Advised against AZ as different mechanism causes clotting so my Warfarin won't give me any protection against it, and my mechanical valve on top of that will complicate things.

He said there is a link between Pfizer and pericarditis but believes it's in men younger than I so I should be right so he said go for the Pfizer vaccine as soon as practicable.

Scouring around for bookings now. Looks like it could be a wait.

Great news. I’m waiting in the medical centre got my 2nd AZ jab.

I'm here waiting right now too

Good luck Mike & CB

Good luck Ink

 

[Go_You_Good_Things]

Jirskyr . . . thanks mate. I got a lot from that, and I'm sure many others did as well. Much appreciated.

 

[happy_tiger]

It's a very easy scenario peeps - free medicine. You are lucky enough to live in an era and country where they will give you free medicine, no tricks, no catch.

Without the free medicine, there is a reasonable chance you get very sick and/or risk death.

Makes your life and everyone else's lives easier, scientifically and economically proven.

If you are risk adverse, take solace in the FACT that the vaccine risks are extremely low and after literally hundreds of millions of doses now been given, the safety data pool is very very big. I can understand if you don't like risk, but if you are so risk intolerant: don't drive, ride in a commercial aircraft, swim in the ocean, golf in bad weather, operate heavy machinery, rock climb, ride a horse, run a marathon, handle a weapon, own a motorbike etc.

Also take heart that since vaccines were first invented, we've basically eradicated the threat in Australia from polio, smallpox, tetanus, measles, diptheria, rabies, TB, mumps, whooping cough, rubella, typhoid, cholera. Hoping to add COVID to that list.

No reason not to get vaccinated except for special health concerns. Nerves are also understandable, but if you gave into nerves you'd never kiss a girl/boy, get a job or ride a bike.

So go get your free medicine and let's everyone get our freedoms back.

I bet if you got some sort tax related payback for getting vaccinated people will be streaming into the Drs surgeries /Bunnings /KFC/Maccas/HJ's/Dominos etc ......

 

[TigerSJ]

Yes thanks Jirskyr for the info and other posters as well. Had first AZ shot 3 weeks ago no real side affects at all. Matter of fact had to ask the nurse if she’d actually given it to me as I didn’t feel a thing. Waiting for 2nd shot in mid September.
Only concern i have is the talk going around questioning the effectiveness of AZ vs others.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

A bit of good news. My cardiologist got back to me this morning. Advised against AZ as different mechanism causes clotting so my Warfarin won't give me any protection against it, and my mechanical valve on top of that will complicate things.

He said there is a link between Pfizer and pericarditis but believes it's in men younger than I so I should be right so he said go for the Pfizer vaccine as soon as practicable.

Scouring around for bookings now. Looks like it could be a wait.

Got in at Blackheath medical centre on August 4 for Pfizer..
Said she’d call back with ? confirmation in the next few days

Thanks for the tip. Will call them now. Was working on the basis lockdown would be over by the time I am able to get booked in so was looking in Sydney near work. But in the interest of getting it done quicker am happy to look in the mountains.

 

[voice_of_reason]

A bit of good news. My cardiologist got back to me this morning. Advised against AZ as different mechanism causes clotting so my Warfarin won't give me any protection against it, and my mechanical valve on top of that will complicate things.

He said there is a link between Pfizer and pericarditis but believes it's in men younger than I so I should be right so he said go for the Pfizer vaccine as soon as practicable.

Scouring around for bookings now. Looks like it could be a wait.

I'd be interested in what you find.